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Hartenstein castle, Maigen, Weinzierl am Walde, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

Epidote
Hartenstein castle, Maigen, Weinzierl am Walde, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria
Latitude: 48°26'47"N
Longitude: 15°23'47"E
Burg Hartenstein, Maigen, Weinzierl am Walde, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich, Österreich

Marble and amphibolite, with rare pegmatites, in outcrops and abandoned quarries.

The minerals described by Kolitsch & Gröbner (2008) were found in a recent small rock slide near the Eichmaier cave NW of the Hartenstein castle.


NOTE:
- The grid reference is centered on Hartenstein castle.

Mineral List

Actinolite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Andradite
'Apatite'
Biotite
Chalcopyrite
Clinochlore
Clinozoisite
Epidote
'Hornblende'
Laumontite
Limonite
Magnetite
Malachite
Prehnite
Pyrite
Quartz
Rutile
Sampleite
Schorl
Titanite


21 entries listed. 16 valid minerals.

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References

- Huber, S. & Huber, P. (1977): Mineral-Fundstellen Band 8: Oberösterreich, Niederösterreich und Burgenland. C. Weise Verlag, München, 270 pp.
- Exel, R. (1993): Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs
- Kolitsch, U. & Gröbner, J. (2008): 1551: Sampleit von einem Bergsturz bei der Eichmaierhöhle nordwestlich der Burg Hartenstein, Krems an der Donau, Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. In: Niedermayr, G. et al. (2008): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LVII. Carinthia II, 198/118, 259.

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